Visa application changes to PIC 4020 dumped in Senate

The Senate has torpedoed tough new regulations which stripped away visas from migrants who provided false or misleading information on their application forms.

A Greens disallowance motion passed the upper house on Tuesday 31-29, with the support of Labor and the Nick Xenophon Team senators, repealing the regulations which also covered mistakes on applications.

Under the regulations, anyone who submitted false or misleading material as part of a visa application – even unwittingly – faced being effectively barred from making a new application for 10 years.

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